1992

The following events occurred in 1992:

Events

Early second term

• Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff Quidditch match.^[1]
• Harry overhears Severus Snape arguing with Quirinus Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest.^[1]

March

• Around mid-March: Hermione begins drawing up study schedules.^[2]

Easter Holidays

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione run across Hagrid in the library studying about raising dragons and visit his hut to see his dragon egg.^[3]

April

• Norberta hatches.^[3]
• One week later: Norberta grows three-times in length.^[3]

May

• c. 24 May: Harry overhears Quirrell arguing with Lord Voldemort, and assumes that Snape is threatening Quirrell again.^[4]
• c. 25 May: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, and Draco Malfoy serve detention in the Forbidden Forest with Rubeus Hagrid. They spot a dead unicorn and Harry encounters Lord Voldemort for the first time since his infancy.^[5]

June

• c. 4 June: Harry, Ron, and Hermione go on a quest to keep the Philosopher's Stone from Professor Quirrell, This results in Harry killing Quirrell. This left Harry pleased that he got the stone, but that joy lasted briefly as Voldemort leaves said physical world as a flying entity, flying through a shocked Harry and knocking him out with the stone still in his hand as a final act of revenge.^{[citation needed]}
• c. 7 June: 3 days since he confronted Voldemort, Harry wakes up in the Hospital Wing.^{[citation needed]}

July

• 31 July:
  • Harry Potter's twelfth birthday; he is visited by Dobby. He receives a warning from the Improper Use of Magic Office.^[6]

August

• 3 August: Harry is rescued from 4 Privet Drive by Ron and Fred and George Weasley, and they go to The Burrow.^[7]
• 19 August: Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys shop in Diagon Alley. In Flourish and Blotts, they meet Gilderoy Lockhart and Lucius Malfoy. Lucius slips an old school diary of Tom Riddle’s into Ginny Weasley's cauldron. He also starts a fight with Arthur Weasley.^[8]

September

• 1 September: Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Colin Creevey and Harper begin at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry and Ron miss the Hogwarts Express and fly a car to school.^[8]
• 2 September: Ron Weasley receives a Howler from his mother.^[9]
• 5 September: The Chamber of Secrets is opened by Ginny Weasley, under the influence of Tom Riddle’s diary.^[10]
• Draco Malfoy becomes the Seeker of Slytherin Quidditch team.

October

• 31 October: Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party was held and the basilisk petrifies Mrs Norris.^[11][12]

November

• 7 November: The rogue Bludger breaks Harry's arm at the Gryffindor vs Slytherin Quidditch match, and Professor Lockhart accidentally erases all the bones from it.
• 8 November: Colin Creevey is petrified by the basilisk.^[13]

Winter

• A secret passage behind a mirror on the fourth floor caves in, forcing Fred and George to stop using it. It formerly led to Hogsmeade.^[14]

December

• The week before Christmas: The British Ministry of Magic conducts a raid on Malfoy Manor, but fails to find anything.^[15]
• 10 December: Hermione Granger steals ingredients for Polyjuice Potion from Snape's office.^[16]
• 17 December: At the first meeting of the Duelling Club, Harry Potter speaks Parseltongue and many suspect that he is the Heir of Salazar Slytherin.^[16]
• 18 December: Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly-Headless Nick are petrified by the basilisk.^[16]

• 25 December: Hermione Granger finishes brewing Polyjuice Potion. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley use it to take on the appearances of Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe, respectively, while Hermione accidentally turned partially into a cat.^[15]

Quidditch

• August: The Chudley Cannons were ninth in the British and Irish Quidditch League.^[17]

Individuals who started at Hogwarts

Gryffindor

• Colin Creevey^[9][10]
• Ginny Weasley^[18]

Ravenclaw

• Luna Lovegood^[19]

Slytherin

• Harper^[20]

Births

• 24 June: Stuart Hogg
• Spring: Norberta
• c. 1992: Montgomery^[21]

Deaths

• 4 June: Quirinus Quirrell^[22]
• Barnaby Lee's grandmother^[23]
• Nicolas Flamel^[24]
• Perenelle Flamel^[24]
• Cassiopeia Black^[25]
• Cygnus Black (III)
• Lucretia Prewett (née Black)^[25]
• Unnamed 'runt' dog of Marjorie Dursley^[26]
• Armando Dippet^[27]

Behind the scenes

• 27 February: Edd Osmond, actor, is born.
• 15 March: Anna Shaffer, who played Romilda Vane, is born.
• 3 April: David Robson, actor who played Extra in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, is born.
• 25 August: Angelica Mandy, who played Gabrielle Delacour, is born.
• 8 September: Bex Grant, who appeared as an extra, is born
• 30 September: Ezra Miller, who played Aurelius Dumbledore, is born.
• 29 November: Lotti Kovari, who played a witch in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, is born.
• 15 December: Alexander Watson, who appeared as an extra twice, is born.

External links

• 1992 on Wikipedia

See also

• Dating conventions

Notes and references

20th century : 1990s
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